Hi, and sorry we didn't post here sooner.

[Helloworld]

Owls rip of heads to get digested crop. Sometimes chest involved.

Hawks leaving nothing but feathers
Eagles leave nothing.

And the one taking the chicken and leaving feathers could be a coon but Im thinking more Fox or coyote.

 

[Helloworld]

Owls rip of heads to get digested crop. Sometimes chest involved.

Hawks leaving nothing but feathers
Eagles leave nothing.

And the one taking the chicken and leaving feathers could be a coon but Im thinking more Fox or coyote.

Place an animal trap where u see paw prints and put some chicken livers over night and see what u get.

 

[jolenesdad]

Are they daytime or nighttime predators?

 

[Little Farm Girl]

Are they daytime or nighttime predators?

Night time

 

[jolenesdad]

Night time

So it’s within your barn that they stay at or is it in your tractors?

You can take photos and post them without showing your location, just don’t show the surroundings. People will be able to see where the predators are getting in. If they are exposed at night in the tractors, the ONLY way to solve the issue is hardware cloth and (and maybe or) electric wire. Small predators can easily fit through chain or reach through and grab parts.

 

[Little Farm Girl]

So it’s within your barn that they stay at or is it in your tractors?

You can take photos and post them without showing your location, just don’t show the surroundings. People will be able to see where the predators are getting in. If they are exposed at night in the tractors, the ONLY way to solve the issue is hardware cloth and (and maybe or) electric wire. Small predators can easily fit through chain or reach through and grab parts.

The laying hens stay in the barn, the breeding hens stay in the tractors, surprisingly the tractors are never attacked, just the main area/barn.

 

[Little Farm Girl]

It is really sounding like an LGD might not be the best for us, but do you think it would help to just get a traditional pet dog puppy of a low prey drive breed? Maybe it would just bark and scare the predator away? It would of course be raised around the chickens...

 

[50-45-1]

I wish you would have laid a quarter beside the track photos so i could desifer the size.
Could be anything.

 

[Little Farm Girl]

I wish you would have laid a quarter beside the track photos so i could desifer the size.
Could be anything.

We measured them, they are 2 inches wide

 

[Little Farm Girl]

We measured them, they are 2 inches wide

When it comes back tonight, we will take better pictures of its tracks in the morning.